Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is a fan of one particular New England Patriots position group ahead of Thursday night’s matchup. Tomlin praised the safety group, specifically Jabrill Peppers and Kyle Dugger. Peppers and Dugger have both played crucial roles on the defensive side of the football this year. Peppers has 66 tackles and an interception this season, while Dugger has recorded 74 tackles and two interceptions. Tomlin knows what both guys bring to the table, and he is not taking them lightly, as transcribed by NESN.com’s Sean T. McGuire. “Both guys are capable of playing in deep defense and do,” said Tomlin. “Both guys are capable of playing at the linebacker level and functioning on the second level of defense, and capable tacklers, good at shedding blocks, big blockers, offensive linemen. They’re not foreign to playing in the trenches. “Both guys are really capable blitzers. They get opportunities to do that in all phases of the game — first, second and third down. If we’re talking about moving the ball and moving with fluidity against these guys, we better locate those two.” Both Dugger and Peppers will be tasked with slowing down a struggling Steelers offense with Mitchell Trubisky as the starting quarterback. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Devin McCourty admits Patriots more at fault for Mac Jones' strugglesPatriots QB Bailey Zappe indicates he's starting without directly saying itThis report significantly lessens odds of Mike Vrabel joining Patriots Email Sign up Like this article? Sign up for the Patriots Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning An error has occured Please re-enter your email address. Thanks for signing up! You'll now receive the top Patriots Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.
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